[Ips-aurora-alert] Aurora Watch

rwc at ips.gov.au rwc at ips.gov.au
Sat Jun 1 12:04:10 EST 2013


SUBJ: IPS AURORA WATCH
ISSUED AT 0204 UT ON 01 Jun 2013 BY IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE

The interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) turned strongly southward at
0010UT on 1 June producing conditions presently favourable for Auroras
at high latitudes during local nighttime. Should these conditions
persist Aurora may be visible at more equatorward latitudes (eg
southern Australia) during local nighttime. Aurora alerts will follow
should favourable space weather activity continue.

Australian Space Forecast Centre
IPS Radio and Space Services
Bureau of Meteorology

P: +61 2 9213 8010
E: asfc at ips.gov.au



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